for baltimore

Collage by Naima Woods

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it’s like all our bones // with their marrow and sliver // are made invisible // and our mouths are turned to hands // and instead of bodies we’re seen as shadows // and then it surprises you // when we throw our shades // throw our whole heavy weights // against the windows // and make the glass scream

At In the Flesh we believe that queerness is a desire for knowledge wedded to the erotic. It is the assertion that there is no knowledge without risk; there is no intelligence without feeling; no discovery without love.

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